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Saturday, September 15, 2012

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You know how I like to be all philosophical and shtuff?
Yeah, I know. I’m totally deep. Well I got a text from my mom the other day and
it fired up my philosophicality. (New word alert)

This was her basic text:

Just
heard this quote, “What would you do if you knew you could not fail?” That’s
not the first time I’ve heard that but it really hits a chord right now. Just
had to share it with you. What would YOU do…seriously? I’d write a book.

As I do with all important thoughts that run through my head, I asked my older
sister what her answer would be. Hers was simple but I knew it was important to
her: to go back to teaching. She’s been home with her two sons since her oldest
was born just over four years ago. It’s a hard adjustment—going from someone
who is very good at a rewarding job to someone who gets pooped and peed on all
the time. And spit up. Oh, the yak that came out of her oldest. It was amazing.
But I digress.

Anywho, my gut reaction was that I also wanted to write a
book. I’ve always wanted to write a book. When I was younger I wanted to write
some kind of mystery or love story. Something superficial and fun. If I were to
write a book now, I would want to write something candid, the way I write this blog.
Something that would resonate with people and hopefully help them.

But just for kicks and giggles, and to occupy my time while
I finished my giant bag of BBQ chips, I kept going. If I knew without a doubt
that I would not fail, what would I do? There are the noble answers like cure
cancer, stop world hunger, end the slave trade, and all manner of truly serious
things. But for me, I tried to stick to dreams within my smaller realm of
vision.

I decided I would split up my ‘big’ achievement into a few
smaller ones. I would get in shape and become more healthy (which I could do
anyway if I laid off those stupid chips), I would be wiser with my money and
get out of debt, and I would love it if I could write something and have it
affect people. Really affect them and make them think about their own lives.

I love writing this blog and getting to completely spill my
guts here. I would venture to say that I’m more myself on this blog than I am
at any time in real life, except with my husband. When I’m writing on here, I
don’t have to think about funny looks I get from people if I’m being a little
too candid, I don’t have to hear the silence when no one laughs at my jokes,
and I can get all of my thoughts out before I get interrupted. It’s heavenly.

I guess the reason I’m thinking about all of this is because
I really didn’t have an answer to my ‘dream question’ and I was wondering what
some of yours would be.